Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14707, Charles Farrar, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Farrar, Charles Polly
W. 14707
CONTENTS

2244.
New Hampshire
Charles Farrar
of Water in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col. [blank] in the Mass line for [blank] Days
Inserted in the Roll of [blank] at the rate of [blank] Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of [blank] 1832 and sent David [blank] Still [blank] N.H.
Amount to date of [blank] 586.44 Pension allowance ending [blank] 599.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [blank] Clerk. Book [blank] Vol. [blank] Page 55.
Letter 21. April 1839 to David Niles
Dear
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 Sept 1836 to 15 Jan 1837, the day of his death Age Notified 29. July 1839.

No 94
Charles Faxon
7/7/10
[Faint, illegible handwriting, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
On this Twenty eighth day of August 1832 Charles Faver personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting at Antrim within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid,
Charles Faver of Antrim aged 74 years Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say, on or about the first day of
1 January 1776 While the British Army lay in Boston, I entered the service under Capt. David Wheeler of Concord Mass. for six weeks to supply the place of the first 8 months men (so called) whose time had expired was stationed on Winter Hill and served out my time and was discharged
2 Some time in Spring of the same year I Enlisted under Capt. Abisha Brown In the Regt. commanded by Col. Whitney in the Mass. line and was stationed at Nantasket about 12 Miles below Boston, the Regt. was employed in building a Fort and digging a well which was 99 feet deep when I left it. I served there 14 Months and was taken sick and carried home and was confined to the house unable for duty until my time expired which was for six months but I cannot remember the dates
3 In the Spring Summer of 1777 I think last of June or first of July I entered the service again under the same Capt. Brown in the Regiment commanded by Col. Robinson & Lt. Col. Jacob and Marched to Rhode Island and joined the Army there where I served six Months and was discharged. I was in no pitched Battle, but some skirmishing, and a British vessel ran ashore while I was there and was captured -
I have no Documentary Evidence nor do I know of any person living who can testify to my service on Nantasket my whole service was 13 1/2 Months as a Private Soldier

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, Charles H. Atherton Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Colin M. Parker, Judge of Probate
We, Stephen A. Barnard a Clergyman residing in the town of Milton in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and David Stiles residing in Temple adjoinng with Milton aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles H. Atherton who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 74 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Stephen A. Barnard David Stiles
Colin M. Parker, Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Stephen A. Barnard who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Milton and that David Stiles Esquire who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Temple, adjoinng, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Colin M. Parker
Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough.
I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register of the court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Charles H. Atherton for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, this twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
C. H. Atherton
Register of Probate for said county of Hillsborough.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said Charles Faver and the following answers given, to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, I was Born in Concord in Massachusetts in 1757
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have one on paper at home
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer, When called into service I was living at Concord aforesaid. I have lived in Temple N.H. and in Littleton, and now live in Milton N Hampshire
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom? Answer, I enlisted a volunteer each time for myself - -
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, At Winter Hill was Genl. Lee. Maj: Buttrick. Genl Sullivan at Nantasket was no Genl Officer -
At Rhode Island was Col. Robinson & Lt Col Jacob and I cant name any Genl Officer that I knew -
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Answer, I never recd. any written discharge
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Daniel Searle Esq. Jonas Brown Daniel Head Lewis Smith Esq. Joseph Smith
Certified by
C. H. Hester
Register.

At 7710 Charles Farrar. Pm
13 Nov 12 days
Adm
$42.66
Dana Stetson. Temple N H

no 7710
BRIEF in the case of Charles Farrar  of Milford in the State of New Hampshire  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     about 1776 Aug 1 42 Private Gen. Capt Wheeler   Spring of 1776 *6 — Capt Brown, Col Whitney   autumn of 1777 6 24 — Capt Brown. Col Robinson   on roll  
* Sick, but over the of the time —
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Concord Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional — Living witnesses certified to be credible  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Sam P. Pillsbury Examining Clerk.

3229.
Massachusetts
Polly Harrar widow of Charles Harrar Mass who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 44 Dollars 66 , Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March , 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of July 1848, and sent to
Hon J. G. Palfrey W.H.R.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under February 2, 1848, Page 48 Vol
Ltr to J. G. Palfrey June 27, 49
Reported
July 20/49

1509 Policy Surplus New-York Wid of Charles N.H.
Act 7 July 1838 Mar 1759. due 1837 Hubbard Newton Amherst N.H.
Cash Allocated $44.66 per ann from 1837
Hubbard Newton Amherst

State of New Hampshire } ss. County of Hillsborough — )
On the 29 th day of August A.D. 1838 Personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas held at Antrim within and for said County of Hillsborough on the third Tuesday of August A.D. 1838 being a Court of Record, Polly Farnar, a Resident of New Hampshire in said County of Hillsborough aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows."
That she is the Widow of Charles Farnar, late a resident of from Milton in the County aforesaid, who was a Private Soldier in the Army of the Revolution and that he served more than one year in the Massachusetts line, and received a Pension under the Law of June 7 th 1832, the evidence of his service now being in the War Office, the particulars not recollected.
She further declares that she was married to said Charles Farnar the eighth day of October A.D. 1789 and that her husband aforesaid died on the fifteenth day of January A.D. 1837. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January A.D. 1794. Viz. at the time above stated, and that she remains a Widow and unmarried ever since the death of the said Charles Farnar.
Polly Farnar
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid in open Court.
Witness
Leonard Wilcox
{ Presiding Justice of said Court —

I Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Leonard Wilcox within named is a justice of the aforesaid Superior Court of Judicature and that he is also ex officio a justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said State and is the presiding justice of said Court of Common Pleas at the present Term of said Court in said County of Hillsborough and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County and subscribed my name at Amherst in said County, this twenty ninth day of August Anno Domini 1838.
A. Wallace Clerk

I Elijah Stockwell of Wilton in the County of Hillsborough - State of New Hampshire, aged fifty four years, testify and say that I am well acquainted with the widow Polly Farrar, of the County & State aforesaid whose name is subscribed to the foregoing de- claration, that her husband the Charles Farrar was in the year 1836 or the fore part of the year 1837 & that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband, and has not since been married. said Charles Farrar deceased at said Wilton.
Elijah Stockwell
State of New Hampshire.
Hillsborough p. Anheust Aug. 29. 1838 Then the above named Elijah Stockwell who is a person of truth and veracity, and whose oath would be good in any Court of Law or Equity, make oath that the above Affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me. Nathl. Shattuck, Justice of the Peace.
I Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Nathaniel Shattuck is a Justice of the Peace for said County as above and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscrib- ed my name at Anheust in said Coun- ty this twenty ninth day of August Anno Domini 1838.
A. Wallace Clerk

Charles Forster

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County (Acton August 16 th 1838
I Joseph W. Tuttle the subscriber do hereby certify that it appears by the records of the Town of Acton that there is contained in said records the following entry of marriage viz
Charles Farnan of Temple (N H) with Polly Edwards of Acton were married by the Rev Moses Adams October the Eight one thousand seven hundred & eighty nine"
I certify that the above is a true copy of the records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows
"Oct 8 th 1789"
I Joseph W. Tuttle above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the said Town of Acton in the County and State aforesaid and that the above record is a true extract from the records of the said Town with the exception above stated and that I hold the records of said Town in my possession.
Joseph W. Tuttle Town Clerk of Acton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Middlesex County August 16 AD 1838 Then the above named Joseph W. Tuttle well known to me to be the clerk of said Town of Acton and a credible person, and under oath that the foregoing certificate by him subscribed is true
Before me Francis S. Ladd Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss.
I Isaac Forke Overseer of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that Francis Tuttle Seque is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex duly confirmed and qualified, and that his signature written within is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Boston this Eighteenth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty eight.
Isaac Forke By

an
U. S. & N. Div. P. O. M. S. C. 14707.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 4, 1896.
Sir:
In response to your request for the military record of Charles Parrar , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on August 8, 1832, at which time he was residing in Amherst, N. H., and seventy-four years of age, and his pension was allowed for thirteen months and twelve days' actual service as a private in the Massachusetts troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time served under Genl. Asahel Brown and Col. Whitney. Collected from Index , No. 1.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Wm. F. Siney,
Office of Auditor for War Department,
U. S. Treasury.

revised 17 Oct. 1870 J. H. L.
Rev'd
WIDOW, &c.
For the Soldier's pen Mary Slaney, (Mrs. Wm. Slaney), B.W. Inc.
File No. 14/107
John Warner
widow
John Warner
John Warner
Act: June 1st 48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 117
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New Hampshire 1157
Sister Sarah ... widow of ...
who was a pensioner under the Act of ... and who died on the ... of ... who was a ... in the ... commandea by Captain ... by Col ... line for 13 mos 12 ds
Inscribed on the Roll of ... at the rate of 44 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of ... 1838, and sent to ... Newton, Amherst, N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $ 73.07 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 39 22.33
$95.40
{ Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by ... Clerk ... Book ... Vol. 1 ... Page 40

Arrears
Massachusetts
1157.
Reported
Sally Harrar widow of Charles Harrar
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 15th Jan'y. 1837 of Waltham in the State of M. H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain ————— of the Reg't. commanded by Col Wheeler in the M. H. line for 12 mo 1828.
Inscribed on the Roll of 1836. at the rate of 44 Dollars 66. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. and ending the 15th Jan'y 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Dec'r 1843 and sent to Providence at Providence, R.I.
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by the Comptroller Clerk, Book. 1 Vol. 1 Page 10.

Massachusetts
Polly Harrar widow of Charles Harrar who was a Private in the Revolution
P. Harrar
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 44 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Dec. 1843 and sent to
Leicester
Barnstable
Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book C
Vol. / Page 42

3724 Aug 26 1843
Miss Fanny
Franklin Aug 26 1843
Miss
Have 2 certificates -
one for arrears from 1 March '36 to 16 January 1837
also - certificate under act 3 March 1843
$14.66 per ann
Sent them to the Prison at Bournemouth
Miss

Apr. 1.
Cha. Ferriss 1147 11th N.W.
Washington, D.C. March 27
John C. Schuchert Esq. Indian Agent
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Schuchert Three P.M.

Syracuse, N.Y. March 20. 1837
To L. E. G. Edwards, Pension agent.
Charles Farrar late of Milton Resided in Dixie in the State of Maine where he rec d his pension by the hand of an Attorney and then removed to Milton in N.Y. in July last, and drew his pension in Concord N.Y. in Septem r last. Since which he was called upon from Maine to return the Money to his Benefactor there which he was willing to do, if he could obtain the Money here his papers were sent to Concord but Gov t Hill said they must first be Approved by the Agent at Washington which is now the request of Your Humble Serv t .
David Stites
P.S. Mr Farrar Died in Jan y . 1837
My House took Fire, which is the cause of the papers being so smoky — D. S.

Bloods Deposition for Farrer

I Thaddeus Blood of Concord in the County of Middlesex and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, aged 77 years, do testify and say, that Charles Farrar, for- merly of said Concord, but now, as he alleges, of Wilton in the State of New- Hampshire, who is now present, was a soldier in the war of the revolution, and served as a private in a company in which I acted as orderly sergeant, for the term, as I believe, of six months. said company was commanded by Capt. Abisha Brown of said Concord, in Col. John Robinson's Regiment. I know that said Farrar, served in said company, and served out the full term of enlistment, but whether the term was five months or half or six months, I am not certain.
Thad: Blood
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex ss. Concord August 23 d 1832. Then the

above named Thaddeus Blood, who is a magistrate within said County, and known to me to be entitled to full credit, personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing position by him subscribed, is true. —
Before me Nathan Brooks Jus. of the Peace
I am an attorney of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. I Elias Phinney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Middlesex, do certify, that Nathan Brooks, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, and his name set to the within Certificate in his own proper signature. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty third day of August A. D. 1892.
E. Phinney.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin County ss.
On this Twenty first day of August in the year 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Franklin aforesaid Polly Farner now a resident of Bernardston in said County of Franklin, but who formerly resided in the Town of New Ipswich, County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, aged Seventy six years, - who first being duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress, passed on the 3 d day of March 1823, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: - That she is the Widow of Charles Farner, late of Milton in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and who received from the United States a pension of Forty four dollars and sixty six Cents per annum in the State of New Hampshire when he died: - That she was pensioned under the act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1835 at the rate of forty four dollars and sixty six Cents per annum: She further declares that she is still a Widow: that she now resides in the Town of Bernardston aforesaid and that she is the identical person by the name of Polly Farner who drew a pension in the State of New Hampshire as aforesaid. -
Widow of Charles Farner Walter Norton
Polly her X mark Farner
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Franklin County ss. Then the above named Polly

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Franklin County ss. Then the above named Polly Farnum subscribed and made solemn oath to the foregoing declaration. Before me Henry W. Cushman, Justice of the Peace.
I Mary Weston of Hadley in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age, do testify and say - that Polly Farnum whose name is mentioned in the foregoing certificate is the widow of Charles Farnum late of Milton in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire; that the said Charles Farnum was a Pensioner of the United States - that he died at Milton aforesaid; that the said Polly Farnum afterwards lived in the Town of New Ipswich in the aforesaid County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire; that she drew a pension in said State of New Hampshire at the rate of Forty Four dollars and sixty six cents per annum; that the said Polly Farnum removed to Bernardston in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts in the year 1842 where she now resides; that she is still a widow and that she is the identical person by the name of Polly Farnum who drew a pension in the State of New Hampshire as aforesaid. Mary Weston
Subscribed and sworn to this 21 st day of August in the year 1843 - Before me
Henry W. Cushman Justice of the Peace.

Henry W. Chapman Justice of the Peace. }
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin County ss - On this 21 st day of Henry W. Chapman, a magistrate in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Farnes who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration is personally known to me, that she now resides in the town of Connecticut in said County a true bill and that she is a person of truth and credit. I further certify that the above named Henry W. Chapman has the reputation of being a person of truth and credit.  Given under my hand this 21 st day of Henry W. Chapman Justice of the Peace.

... was a citizen of the United States - that he died at ...
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Franklin ss.
I, Henry Chapman, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Franklin do hereby certify that Henry W. Cushman Esq. , whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of the Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Henry W. Cushman and believe his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this twentysecond day of August - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three .
H. Chapman Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Worcester ss
On this seventh day of September eight -een hundred & forty eight personally appeared before me Samuel Clark, a jus- -tice of the Peace in & for the County of Worcester aforesaid Polly Farrar a resident of Northborough in said County, of Worcester aged eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d day of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolution- -ary war. That she is the widow of Charles Farrar who was a private in the Massa- -chusetts militia in from the town of Concord in Middlesex County in Massachusetts. And that she has received annually a pension of forty four dollars and sixty six cents per annum under the acts of 1838, 1843 & June 1 st 1844 and that when she first made her application she resided in New Ipswich in the State of New Hampshire and she fur- -ther declares that she is still a widow.
Polly her \ Farrar mark
Sworn and subscribed to my making her mark on the day and year above written before me
Samuel Clark Justice of the Peace
# The word in in the eighth line from the bottom was inserted before signing S. Clark

I Elizabeth Farrar of Northborough of the County of Worcester and of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts on oath depose & say, that I am personally acquainted with Polly Farrar who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration, and am personally knowing that the said Polly Farrar has received
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office. September 13 th 1848.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereto annexed, Samuel Cook was a Justice of the peace for the County of Worcester.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. G. D. Chase Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Elizabeth Farrar of Northborough of the County of Worcester and of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts on oath Depose & Say, that I am personally acquainted with Polly Farrar who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration, and am personally knowing that the said Polly Farrar has received a pension of forty four dollars & Sixty Six cents per annum in consideration of the Ser- vices of Charles Farrar her husband a Soldier of the revolution. Und that the said Polly Farrar resided in New Ipswich at the time she made her application, and has resided in several different places since that time and that she now remains a widow
Charles Farrar
Subscribed & sworn to the eleventh day of September A.D. eighteen hundred & forty eight and I certify that Elizabeth Farrar above named is a credible witness
before me
Samuel Clark Justice of the Peace

I Ruben Law of Sharon in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire of the age of eighty years do testify and say that in the Town of Acton, County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts I enlisted as private Soldier under Capt David Wheeler of Concord in the County aforesaid for six Months Weeks to supply the place of the eight Months Men whose times were nearly expired. our Company consisted of Men from Acton and Concord. we immediately Marched to Winterhill where we stayed during the time of our enlistment. we were then dismissed & returned home
I further depose and say that I was well acquainted with Mr Charles Farrer of Wilton, in the above named County, as a native of Concord above named, when he enlisted in the same Company with me, was well knowing to his marching to Winterhill and doing duty six Weeks the time we enlisted.
I further say that we were put under the command of Field Officers that were there the eight Months previous and according to the best of my remembrance a Col. Dixon commanded the Regiment our Company annexed to Wilton August 19 th 1932
Reuben Law
Hillsborough J. Wilton August 19 th 1932
Then personally appeared the above named Reuben Law and made oath that the above Affidavit by him subscribed is true before me
Lewis Smith Justice Peace
Hillsboro. J. I certify that the above named Reuben Law is well known to me to be a man of veracity and entitled to credit in any Court of Law - David Steele Justice Peace

I Andrew Wallace clerk of the Superior court of Judicature for the county of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, certify that Lewis Smith and David Stiles within named are Justices of the Peace for said county of Hillsborough and duly empowered to administer oaths, and that the within signatures, purporting to be theirs, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have here unto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name, this twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord 1832.
A. Wallace clerk
Lowell Dist. Mass.

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W.H.R.; June 20th, 1849.
Sir;
I have had the honor to receive from you a recent letter relative to Polly, widow of Charles W. Mayes.
I have no information of the person to whom I should transmit it - I am, I respectfully request you to furnish me this information, by reference to the off. Gazette or your files?
I am, Sir, your very obedient Servant,
Wm. H. Russell
W. L. Edwards Esq. P.O. Box 100

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Charles Farrar which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Brighton Sept. 13. 1848.
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you herewith the evidence of Mrs Polly Fraser, the widow of Charles Fraser, for a pension under the Act of Feb. 24, 1848. She now resides in Northborough, but has resided in several different places since she left Newport, N.H.
Yours very Respectfully &c.
Col. J. H. Fox
High Clerk
Rev. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 20 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Charles Farrar, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Concord, N.H. Agency, at the rate of forty four Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1836, to the 15 th January, 1837, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
W. B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.